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 Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 12:53 pm
Fâlheyn is my first conlang, and has very recently gone under some heavy restructuring. While still very similar to how I first created it, I've given it a stress system, redone the orthography, completely redone how modifiers work, added positive and negative connotations to certain words, and am currently working out grammar.
Fâlheyn is a fairly simple language, comprised of 32 words. Like many other languages, you can string these bases together to form more complex words. However, because there are no words for colors or numbers, detailed descriptions are impossible. Still, it was originally made as a magickal language, and its repeated emphasis on magick as the subject of a complex word reflects this.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:00 pm
The root vocabulary and its pronunciations
There's only 32 root words, c'mon, they're not that hard to learn wink I tried using a fairly simple orthography, but if you've got questions about the pronunciations, just ask and I'll try to clarify.
Aiy (Like the English word I; the y is silent except when followed by a vowel) - Air/sky
Ali (Ah-lee) - Sleep/rest
Ban (Bahn) - Earth/ground
Dey (like the word Day) - Life
Eln (like the word Elm, except with an n at the end) - Food/edible
Ena (ehn-ah) - Bad/evil/negative
Fal (like the word Fall) - Knowledge
Fhai (use a Japanese f, and say a very breathy "I") - Freedom/release
Gri (gree) - Protect/guard
Heyn (like the word Hey with an n at the end) - Move/movement/sound
Isp (eesp) - Negate/dispel/not
Kel (like the beginning of the name Kelly) - Is/exist
Koh (say it like you see it, but breathier. The h is more pronounced when followed by a vowel) - Magick
Lanti (lahn-tee) - Feel/sense
Mas (mahs) - Energy/lightning
Nil (like the word kneel, but shorter) - Time
Obne (ob-neh) - Plants/nature
Oun (like the word Own) - Danger/harm/trap
Pra (prah) - Good/positive
Pohls (like the word Polls, but breathier) - Lower/down
Rati (Rah-tee) - Up/raise
Rors (like the word Roars with an unvoiced s) - Death
Rhus (a breathy roos) - Make/create/cause
Sen (sehn) - Healing/repair
Tari (tah-ri) - Small/little/lesser
Ten (like the number, people! razz ) - Light/bright
Tha (unvoiced; thah) - Person/animal
Tsor (like the word Or with the Japanese ts at the beginning) - Summon/invoke/force
Uta (oo-tah) - Great/large
Vel (vehl) - Fire/flame
Weys (like the word Ways, but with the unvoiced s) - Change
Zhe (as you see it, with that lovely French j sound 3nodding ) - Water/sea/liquid
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:05 pm
Grammar and Stress
Fâlheyn has an SVO word order, and complex words formed from several root words follow this same pattern, although not all three parts are needed for the latter. As I mentioned earlier, Fâlheyn places a heavy emphasis on magick being the subject of a word.
Complex Word Construction
Take another quick look at the root vocab list. Koh is the root for magick, and when using it in a complex word, it is always placed at the beginning, which makes it the subject all the time. In a direct contrast, Tha (person or animal) is always placed at the end of a complex word, being considered the object.
Stress
Stress is added in complex words to whichever root is considered more important. Certain words have negative or positive connotations, and placing the stress on a root with one can change the entire meaning of a word. For example:
Tenisp, depending on how it's accented, could have two different meanings. With the accent on Ten (Tênisp), it means darkness. However, with the accent on Isp (Tenîsp), it means shadow - which, culturally, carries a far more negative connotation with it.
The diacritics seen in Fâlheyn are used strictly to indicate stress. The ^ diacritic signifies a stressed vowel, and is used pretty extensively. On the other hand, the ` diacritic is used only when a stressed root word ending in a vowel is followed by an unstressed root word beginning with a vowel, and denotes falling stress.
Modifiers
Modifiers, particularly in complex words, follow the root that they're modifying, and order can affect meaning. Let's take a look at the word Tenîspênàuta. You can see the word Tenîsp in there right off, can't you? =P Since you already know that Tenîsp means shadow, you can probably figure out that Isp is the most important modifier, since it directly changes the meaning of what you're saying. Ena, directly following Tenîsp (and stressed, on top of that), denotes that the shadow in question is evil, and Uta denotes that it's something very big, either in size or power.
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:10 pm
Basic Phrases
Tha lântî niltârî? (Literally, "person feel time-small?") This phrase is used as a general greeting, and can be translated to read "How are you today?" There are three generally accepted responses, all of which are root words in and of themselves. Ena, which indicates a negative response, Pra, which is positive, and my personal favorite, Kel - which, depending on your tone of voice, can be a rather neutral "meh" response, or a very sarcastic "I just AM". Kel's usage as a response here can be seen as an oddity, given that it is normally used as a verb.
Thâ kel fâltari? (Literally "person is knowledge-little") What better phrase to ask someone you've just met than what their name is? A proper response would be "Kel (your name)", as the subject of the sentence (in English, of course, it's "I") is implied.
More coming soon! 3nodding
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 1:15 pm
Okay, I dug out the original script for Fâlheyn! It hasn't changed in a long while, and there's only a couple of glyphs that I'm seriously thinking about keeping. Namely those for Rors and Koh. Clicky for script!
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:19 am
*cough* I guess I need a couple more reserve posts... sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 6:23 am
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:35 am
So if I said "Kel âliniltari" would mean 'It's time for a small sleep"?
I do fear I accented it incorrectly.
Other than that, I love this idea.
It's so simple, yet you can make it complex. I like that.
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 8:55 pm
Rimbaum Okay, I dug out the original script for Fâlheyn! It hasn't changed in a long while, and there's only a couple of glyphs that I'm seriously thinking about keeping. Namely those for Rors and Koh. Clicky for script!Nice! Do you have any samples in it?
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Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:46 pm
Serali88 Rimbaum Okay, I dug out the original script for Fâlheyn! It hasn't changed in a long while, and there's only a couple of glyphs that I'm seriously thinking about keeping. Namely those for Rors and Koh. Clicky for script!Nice! Do you have any samples in it? Yeah! Its prettyful!!! ^_^
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:41 am
Homurakitsune Serali88 Rimbaum Okay, I dug out the original script for Fâlheyn! It hasn't changed in a long while, and there's only a couple of glyphs that I'm seriously thinking about keeping. Namely those for Rors and Koh. Clicky for script!Nice! Do you have any samples in it? Yeah! Its prettyful!!! ^_^ The only samples I do have are from before I restructured Fâlheyn's grammar and made it more regular. I'll get some newer samples up ASAP! ^_^
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Posted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 7:16 pm
Great looking forward to seeing it.
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